074 [Burning Dragon Mountain] on

Liu Chenglong, who crazily entered Li Rusong's tent, said: "General Li, what do you mean by retreating now? In this case, what should we do if we try our best to get back the land? And our soldiers' confidence in fighting against Japan will be hit!"

Li Rusong was a little tired after yesterday's World War. At this moment, he was resting in the tent. He sat on the bench and said, "This is a temporary retreat. When our army rests for a period of time, we will attack again!"

Li Rusong did not answer Liu Chenglong's question directly at all. Liu Chenglong did not listen and continued, "Then rest in place. Why retreat to the north of the Linjin River?"

Li Rusong was asked a little impatiently. He didn't care what Liu Chenglong was. He has the final say here! But after all, this is in *'s territory, and it's still to give him some face.

"First, yesterday's magnificent rain, this land has become a muddy land, which is very suitable for our Ming army's iron cavalry. Second, back to the river, once the enemy attacks, there will be no way out. Isn't our army all buried in this surging river? Third, what about the food and fodder I asked for? How can we fight without food and fodder? Without food and grass, these horses will die one by one. Their lives are more valuable than the lives of soldiers!"

"This..." Liu Chenglong has nothing to say. After all, he is really not good at preparing food and fodder, but now it is late winter, and there are fewer crops, and the grain harvest in the war is 30% less than before! It's not that I don't want to raise food and fodder, but I really can't do it!

Li Rusong saw his words and grabbed Liu Chenglong. He said roguely, "Anyway, there is no food, and this battle can't be fought!"

Liu Chenglong turned angrily and walked out of the tent. There was nothing he could do now, and at this time, the Ming army had almost crossed the river. Even if he succeeded in persuading Li Rusong, it would be too late.

Li Rusong was actually a little confused about the current situation. At this time, the retreat he wanted was indeed temporary. He also wanted to take Seoul with all his might, and his own account... Li Rusong decided to listen to Huo Fangyi, a young man who gave him a lot of advice and saved his life.

Huo Fangyi is now almost inseparable from Ye Da, and Ye Da also entered the big account together.

"Your Excellency, please call me."

"Huo Fangyi, do you have any views on the current situation and what do you think about our army's next action?"

"This..." In fact, it is not difficult to answer. Huo Fangyi just needs to tell the history.

"Actually, through this battle, you should have found that the number of Japanese soldiers is much larger than our army, and the number of troops stationed near Seoul alone is less than 50,000, which shows that if we want to attack Seoul at this time, we will only outweigh the gains and lose. This is one of them." Huo Fangyi has already come up with a set of statements, which are not written in history books, but analyzed by himself according to the actual situation.

"Second, the terrain here is dominated by hills and wetlands, which is very unfavorable to the cavalry tactics that our army is good at, and the road to Seoul is too dangerous. If the Japanese army ambushed there, our army will be a devastating blow."

"Third, the weather here is too cold and there will be winter rain, which is very unfavorable to our soldiers who have traveled a long time. I found that many soldiers are sick, and their morale is relatively low at present."

"Four, food and fodder are not good. As far as I know, the promised grain and fodder can't be delivered to the front line at all. Maybe they can't collect so much food at all. Anyway, how can we fight without food?"

Huo Fangyi talked about the quantity, terrain, climate, food and grass and other factors in one breath. Li Rusong couldn't help nodding. He didn't expect that the young man in front of him would think of a place with him.

"No matter how we look at it, we must stop now." Ye Da was also quite excited to listen. When did Huo Fangyi become so able to speak? He didn't know that the two people have changed differently every day since they crossed over.

Li Rusong has no words. He is waiting for Huo Fangyi's words, which is also the answer he is thinking about, that is, what should Mingjun do next?!

Huo Fangyi continued: "At present, the advantage of the Japanese army over us is the number of soldiers and their food and fodder." In fact, Huo Fangyi didn't come up with any idea, but at this moment, he suddenly remembered a person. Who is it? Xu You in the Three Kingdoms period!

I should be familiar with what Xu You has done.

Ye Da suddenly found an inspiration on Huo Fangyi's head: "Your Excellency, we can't let them reduce the number of soldiers in an instant (unless they throw a *), but we can do some articles on the grain and fodder. I don't know if you know the story of the battle of Guandu during the Three Kingdoms period?

Li Rusong is by no means the kind of person who studies less: "Do you mean that we burned the food and fodder of the Japanese army like Cao Cao?"

"Yes, in that case, the Japanese army will retreat without a fight. I think once the 50,000 Japanese army loses food and fodder, it will withdraw from Seoul within two days. At that time, won't Seoul be delivered to us by itself?"

"..." Li Rusong was silent. He was not thinking about this method, but marveling at Huo Fangyi's wisdom. When has there been such a versatile talent in our army? In the future, we should train him well and make him a general of our Ming Empire!

"Good! That's it!" Li Rusong immediately unfolded the topographic map and called a local translator.

"However, at present, we don't know where the Japanese army's food and grass are hidden." Li Rusong opened the map and realized it, but after all, he was an experienced general. He immediately clicked the general: "cha da shou!"

"There!" Cha Dasuke came in from the outside.

"Go and send someone to find the place where the Japanese army has released grain and grass!"

"Deed Order"

Zha Dashou left, and Ye Da was also thinking about problems during this period. He added, "Since it is a place to store grain and grass, the Japanese army will definitely send heavy troops to guard it!" Moreover, our army has just fought with the Japanese pirates, and the Japanese pirates are bound to be more nervous about their granaries.

"Ye Answer makes sense, so let's transfer the tiger away from the mountain!" Li Rusong said so, but there was no plan in his head.

"It's not easy to get away from the mountain. I don't think it's as good as this. Aren't the Japanese pirates nervous about their granary, so let them not be nervous! Let them relax, and then be surprised and unprepared!"

"How to do it?"

"Fraud back! We continue to retreat north until we withdraw our troops near Pyongyang, so that the Japanese must think that our army is timid and relax their control of food and fodder. And we can use the power of * guerrillas to constantly attack and harass the Japanese army, so that our army can take the opportunity to raid his granary!"

"Good idea!" Li Rusong's surprise!

Li Rusong immediately wrote to write to Liu Chenglong, asking him to urge the guerrillas near Seoul to launch an attack. Huo Fangyi stopped him: "Your Excellency, you don't need to write a letter. Once our army continues to retreat south, Liu Chenglong is bound to come to us."

After listening to Huo Fangyi's words, Li Rusong smiled. He thought that this young man was really good at it.

After coming out of Li Rusong's tent, Liu Chenglong returned to Pyongyang. At this time, Xuanzu had already lived in Pyongyang, and Liu Chenglong naturally followed his right. Of course, he also left a hand and left Yu Hong, his right-hand man* in the Ming army camp. He told Yu Hong to stop other actions of the Ming army in a hurry. His approach was wise, but it didn't work, because Li Rusong didn't even listen to him, let alone Yu Hong.

After a long rest, the Ming army began to retreat north early the next morning. Yu Hong naturally hurried to persuade him and also passed the letter to Liu Chenglong. However, Liu Chenglong had just returned to Pyongyang, and his back foot had to come back.

By the time Liu Chenglong angrily broke into Li Rusong's camp, Li Rusong's army had already camped outside the city.

General Li, what do you mean? Why did the army withdraw again and again?

Looking at Liu Chenglong gasping for breath, he did not answer, but looked at Huo Fangyi admiringly: "You're right. He's back."

Li Rusong walked to Liu Chenglong, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, I'll tell you a military secret."

Liu Chenglong was stunned. He followed Li Rusong to the table, where there was a * topographic map.

"Huo Fangyi, it's up to you!" Li Rusong is intending to exercise Huo Fangyi.

"Okay, Lord Liu, the number of Japanese troops is twice as large as our army. I don't think we can attack it. We must take it wisely."

"What is the wisdom method?"

"Burning grain!"

"Good, but it's not that easy."

"Listen to me, as long as our army blindly retreats to the north, the Japanese pirates will relax their vigilance against our army. At that time, if you send guerrillas to harass them and hold the attention of the Japanese pirates, our army will be profitable. As long as we can take down the granary of the Japanese army, they will retreat without fighting!"

After listening to Huo Fangyi's words, Liu Chenglong not only did not show an excited expression, but frowned: "Good, but the troops really can't retreat any more. If I retreat again, I'm afraid that the morale of all * people will be seriously hit. Moreover, once the natural danger of the Linjin River is abandoned in the north, it will be a flat river, and it is difficult to defend it!"

"You don't have to worry about the rest. Hurry up and contact the guerrillas and let them act as soon as possible."

"No, we can't retreat again!" Liu Chenglong is stubborn and stubborn. Li Rusong had no choice but to agree, "Okay, listen to you, just station in Kaicheng and won't withdraw!"

Liu Chenglong left with satisfaction, but as soon as he left, the Ming soldiers began to pack up and continue north.

"General, you..." Huo Fangyi was surprised by this dishonest practice with Li Rusong.

"This is called soldiers who are not tired of cheating. Young people should learn more."

"Haha, the general is still powerful!"